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"Fielder concluded the press conference by saying that he is essentially a determinist, and that he enjoys hitting baseballs."
― Prince Fielder Wondering If He Has Truly Free Agency | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
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"…the structures not only predate pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel; they were built before the so-called Neolithic Revolution, i.e., the beginning of agriculture and animal husbandry around 9000 BC."
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"Everybody knows by now that there’s a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I’m encouraging anybody who’s ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in them."
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Well that’s a relief.
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Wanted: MacBook for Burundi
My friend Leah (you might know her from @mercycorps) is going to be doing some work with a women’s assistance group in Burundi.
Friends Women’s Association operates a health clinic in Kamenge, Burundi where we offer free or low-cost medical examinations to women and their families. Our services include primary care, preventative care, laboratory testing, HIV testing and counseling, and psychological counseling. In addition to our medical services, we provide holistic care to our patients by incorporating those with demonstrated need into our social assistance programs, which include home visits and micro-finance programs. Finally, we run community trauma healing and reconciliation workshops in the communities of Kamenge, Rutegama, Gitega, and Mutaho.
They do good things.
One major need of this organization is for a MacBook capable of editing video. You know, a reasonably modern processor, more than 1GB of RAM, that sort of thing. The machine they have isn’t nearly powerful enough, and neither the optical drive nor the wifi card are functional.
So maybe you’ve got an older MacBook you’ve been wanting to replace. Or maybe you’ve replaced it already and you just haven’t gotten around to putting it on Craigslist. If so, please consider donating it.
Friends Women’s Association operates under Friends Peace Teams African Great Lakes Initiative, so your donation is tax-deductible, and they can get you all the documentation you need.
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